The Juvie Three

by Gordon Korman

I liked this book, but I wasn't sure about it when I read the description if it would be ok for my Elementary students.  It's about three boys that found themselves in Juvenile Detention for committing major crimes.  A man who wants to start a program to help these young men turn their lives around, takes them from their jails and brings them to an apartment in New York City to live with him.  The boys each have very different ideas of why they have made bad choices, and this book helps to share the struggles that go on in their heads.  This book really shows that every kids want to do well for themselves, sometimes, they just don't know how.  I think that 6th grade students could read this book and pull out the morals of the story and enjoy the reading at the same time.